Examples Of Culpable Mentality

The next phrase of the thesis we will examine is the idea of willful inaction. This idea is straightforward. In short willful inaction means that a person or group of people choose not to act in a certain situation. This behavior is often a common trend among members of a majority group. Many know that wrongdoing is going on in their community but they choose not to intervene. By not intervening in the problems in their community, they become a new facet of the problem.
An example that comes to my mind is the willful inaction of the German populous during World War II. Millions of Germans stood idly by as their fellow countrymen and women were systematically isolated, persecuted, and executed. The locations of the work and death camps were not unknown to the German people. How could they be? These facilities were huge complexes which required many workers and guards to operate. These places were not hidden, rather they were on the major rail lines throughout Nazi-controlled areas. Yet, most of the German People chose not to get involved.
It is easy to
To be culpable means “meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful”. “Merriam-Webster, Culpable, n.d.) This word encapsulates the gross wrong committed by many majority groups. Individuals citizens are culpable to society’s injustice when they rationalization the reasons for mistreatment of others. They are culpable when they show negligent apathy to the plight of others. They are culpable when they willfully choose to not intervene on behalf of others.
Those who possess this culpable mentality often do not know of its existence. They have the privilege to ignore it. They have the opportunity to suppress their knowledge of it. They are able to go sail through life without recognizing that they are part of the problem if they are not contributing to the